Franz Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/ MEZ-mər; German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized...

Alan Rickman as Franz Anton Mesmer and depicts his radical new ways as a pioneering physician. In 18th century Vienna, Franz Anton Mesmer believes he is...

doctor from Vienna named Franz Anton Mesmer. Western scientists first became involved in hypnosis around 1770, when Franz Mesmer (1734–1815), a physician...

magnetism, also known as mesmerism, is a theory invented by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. It posits the existence of an invisible natural...

1841.[citation needed] Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or "animal magnetism")...

and nineteenth centuries, including the work of Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Mesmer, as well as Spiritualism, New Thought, and Theosophy. More immediately...

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the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) and the teachings of Franz Mesmer (1734–1815) provided an example for those seeking direct personal knowledge...

have often been traced back to Phineas Quimby, or even as far back as Franz Mesmer, who was one of the first European thinkers to link one's mental state...

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